Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] been [v-ing] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The touring side have been playing their opening three day fixture against Worcestershire — and they quickly settled into winning rhythm.Bob Hall reports . |
| 2 | The two sides in the battle over admitting men to an Oxford women 's college have been putting their case to University Chancellor , Lord Jenkins . |
| 3 | Clearly , while an increasing proportion of the population have been buying their houses , working-class people have been buying the cheapest housing on the market . |
| 4 | By public demand their split became merely a brief sabbatical , and since being reunited the Blues Band have been playing their cocktail of traditional blues and original material around the globe . |
| 5 | A farmer and his wife have been teaching their son at home for over two years because they do n't want him to go to a special school . |
| 6 | Anyway right so erm head teachers in the area have been complaining their schools are not tidy not cleaned sufficiently . |
| 7 | Victims of meningitis have been sharing their experiences to help make people more aware of the disease . |
| 8 | We as a centre have been developing our skills … in that area of classroom observation . |
| 9 | Dog owners from all over the country have been showing their appreciation for what they claim is the most royal of breeds . |
| 10 | In the past week or so householders throughout the country have been opening their April water bills and gaping . |
| 11 | But in recent decades the sea walls built behind the marshes as a secondary defence have been blocking their retreat and have squeezed them . |
| 12 | Some of the world 's finest exponants of the ancient art of kite flying have been revealing their secrets . |